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Training of Teachers House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee Training of Teachers Fourth Report of Session 2009–10 Volume II Oral and written evidence Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 18 January 2010 HC 275-II [Incorporating HC 369-i to -v, Session 2008–09] Published on 9 February 2010 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £26.50 The Children, Schools and Families Committee The Children, Schools and Families Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and its associated public bodies. Membership at time Report agreed Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Labour, Huddersfield) (Chairman) Annette Brooke MP (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dorset & Poole North) Ms Karen Buck MP (Labour, Regent’s Park & Kensington North) Mr Douglas Carswell MP (Conservative, Harwich) Mr David Chaytor MP (Labour, Bury North) Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour, Gateshead East & Washington West) Paul Holmes MP (Liberal Democrat, Chesterfield) Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour, Slough) Mr Andrew Pelling MP (Independent, Croydon Central) Helen Southworth MP (Labour, Warrington South) Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative, Beverley & Holderness) Mr Edward Timpson MP (Conservative, Crewe & Nantwich) Derek Twigg MP (Labour, Halton) Lynda Waltho MP (Labour, Stourbridge) The following members were also members of the Committee during the inquiry. Mr John Heppell MP (Labour, Nottingham East) Mr Andy Slaughter MP (Labour, Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/csf/ Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Kenneth Fox (Clerk), Anne-Marie Griffiths (Second Clerk), Emma Wisby (Committee Specialist), Judith Boyce (Committee Specialist), Jenny Nelson (Senior Committee Assistant), Kathryn Smith (Committee Assistant), Sharon Silcox (Committee Support Assistant), and Brendan Greene (Office Support Assistant). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Children, Schools and Families Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6181; the Committee’s e- mail address is csfcom@parliament Witnesses Monday 23 March 2009 Page Professor Pat Broadhead, Chair, Training, Advancement and Co-operation in Teaching Young Children (TACTYC); Di Chilvers, Early Years Regional Advisor, National Strategies; Professor Elizabeth Wood, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, and Sally Yates, Vice-Chair, Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) Ev 16 Monday 20 April 2009 Keith Bartley, Chief Executive, General Teaching Council for England (GTCE); Professor Sonia Blandford, Director of Leadership Development, Teach First; Professor Chris Husbands, Dean, Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy, Institute of Education, University of London, and Professor Roger Woods, Chair, Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) Ev 56 Monday 27 April 2009 John Bangs, Assistant Secretary, National Union of Teachers; Tim Benson, Member, National Council, National Association of Head Teachers; Dr Mary Bousted, General Secretary, Association of Teachers and Lecturers; Dr John Dunford OBE, General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders, and Chris Keates, General Secretary, National Association of Ev 119 Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers Dr Jeanne Keay, Dean, School of Education, Roehampton University; Gerry O’Keeffe, Director, Customer Support Division, Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examination Board, and Sarah Stephens, Director of Policy, General Teaching Council for England Ev 130 Monday 8 June 2009 Toni Fazaeli, Chief Executive, Institute for Learning; David Hunter, Chief Executive, Lifelong Learning UK; Stella Mbubaegbu CBE, Association of Colleges, and Dr Michael Thrower, General Secretary, Principals’ Professional Council Ev 164 Monday 15 June 2009 Graham Holley, Chief Executive; Michael Day, Executive Director for Training; Liz Francis, Director, Workforce Strategy Directorate, and Dr Jacqueline Nunn, Training and Development, Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) Ev 180 Mr Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and Jon Coles, Director General, Schools Directorate, Department for Children, Schools and Families Ev 203 List of written evidence Page 1 Training, Advancement and Co-operation in Teaching Young Children (TACTYC) Ev 1 2 University of Exeter, School of Education Ev 7 3 Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) Ev 11: Ev 75 4 General Teaching Council for England Ev 36: Ev 136: Ev 151 5 Teach First Ev 46: Ev 73: Ev 357 6 Institute of Education, University of London Ev 50 7 National Union of Teachers (NUT) Ev 77 8 National Association of Head Teachers Ev 101 9 Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) Ev 105 10 Association of School and College Leaders Ev 109 11 NASUWT Ev 113 12 OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) Ev 127 13 Institute for Learning (IfL) Ev 152 14 Lifelong Learning UK Ev 157 15 Association of Colleges Ev 160 16 Principals’ Professional Council (PPC) Ev 162 17 Training and Development Agency for Schools Ev 173: Ev 188: Ev 358 18 Department for Children, Schools and Families Ev 189 19 Professor Andy Goodwyn, Head of Education, University of Reading Ev 213 20 Citizenship Foundation Ev 216 21 Dr Neil Simco, Dean of Education Faculty and Dean for Research, University of Cumbria Ev 220 22 Dr A Gardiner, University of Birmingham Ev 222 23 Mike Younger, Head of Faculty, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Ev 225 24 Afasic Ev 229 25 Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) Ev 231 26 TreeHouse Ev 233 27 National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) Ev 235: Ev 239 28 Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) Ev 240 29 Multiverse Ev 245 30 National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Ev 248 31 Universities UK Ev 250 32 Manchester Metropolitan University, Institute of Education Ev 255 33 Dr John Oversby, Institute of Education, Reading University Ev 258 34 Gatsby Charitable Foundation Ev 261 35 National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Ev 267 36 Jackie Garratt, MA in Education, Teacher Trainer Ev 270 37 GuildHE Ev 271 38 University of Birmingham Ev 276 39 Dr Anne Storey, Mrs Freda Wolfenden, and Mrs Elizabeth Bird, The Open University Ev 280 40 Geographical Association Ev 286 41 Early Childhood Forum Ev 291 42 Institute of Physics Ev 292 43 Catholic Education Service for England and Wales (CESEW) Ev 297 44 National College for School Leadership (NCSL) Ev 301 45 Association for Physical Education (afPE) Ev 305 46 Edge Foundation Ev 312 47 National Network of Science Learning Centres Ev 314: Ev 317 48 National Network of Science Learning Centres and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics Ev 319 49 King’s College London Ev 320 50 University of Northampton, School of Education Ev 321 51 University of Bristol, Graduate School of Education Ev 326 52 Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Ev 327 53 Russell Group Ev 329 54 Wellcome Trust Ev 332 55 Association for Science Education Ev 334 56 Professor Robin Alexander, Director of the Cambridge Primary Review Ev 339 57 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) Ev 343 58 Dr Rita Egan Ev 346 59 Nuffield Review Ev 348 60 Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Institute of Education, University of London Ev 350 61 Children’s Workforce Development Council Ev 353 List of unprinted written evidence The following memoranda have been reported to the House, but to save printing costs they have not been printed and copies have been placed in the House of Commons Library, where they may be inspected by Members. Other copies are in the Parliamentary Archives, and are available to the public for inspection. Requests for inspection should be addressed to The Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0PW (tel. 020 7219 3074). Opening hours are from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm on Mondays to Fridays. Michele Johnson Professor Sally Inman, Director, ITE UK Education for Sustainable Development / Global Citizenship Network Dr Alison Jackson, ESCalate ITE Service, University of Cumbria Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors Emily Scrivener Save the Children Field Studies Council (FSC) Joint Epilepsy Council (JEC) Association for Science Education Outdoor Science Working Group National Foundation for Educational Research Sing Up, the Music Manifesto National Singing Programme TANDBERG Dr Anne Jasman, University of Hertfordshire Professor Marilyn Leask and Dr Sarah Younie, on behalf of the IT in Teacher Education professional association and Brunel University Cliff Jones DEA The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) Dr Jo Harris, Director, on behalf of Teacher Education Unit, Loughborough University National Dance Teachers Association Campaign for State Education (CASE) South London Partnership for Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), Registered Teacher Programme (RTP) and Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP) Patrick Hall MP National Association for Language Development
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